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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A gravity anomaly calculated after corrections for latitude, elevation, and terrain. Pron: boo-gay.
Industry:Mining
A gravity anomaly calculated from a theoretical model and elevation above sea level, but without allowance for the attractive effect of topography and isostatic compensation.
Industry:Mining
A gravity concentrator utilizing vertical pulsations in a hydraulic medium to separate particles by specific gravity differences.
Industry:Mining
A gravity meter or gravimeter constructed so that a high sensitivity is achieved at certain positions of the elements of the system; i.e., equilibrium between a negative restoring force and the force of gravity at such positions.
Industry:Mining
A gray or white, malleable, ductile, metallic element. Symbol, V. Found in about 65 different minerals, among which are carnotite, roscoelite, vanadinite, and patronite; also found in phosphate rock, certain iron ores, and some crude oils. About 80% of the vanadium now produced is used as a ferrovanadium or as a steel additive; also used in ceramics, as a catalyst, and in the production of a superconductive magnet.
Industry:Mining
A gray, black, and yellow mottled ore of carnotite and vanoxite, its spotted appearance resembling that of a rattlesnake.
Industry:Mining
A gray, nickeliferous iron, Fe<sub>2</sub>Ni<sub>5</sub>or FeNi<sub>3</sub>. Massive, granular, and forms the metallic portion of rolled pebbles. From Josephine County, OR.
Industry:Mining
A gray, nickeliferous iron, Fe<sub>2</sub>Ni<sub>5</sub>or FeNi<sub>3</sub>. Massive, granular, and forms the metallic portion of rolled pebbles. From Josephine County, OR.
Industry:Mining
